Jul 11, 2017

Mark Belfast R.I.P.

Mark Anderson Belfast, DVM, was born on November 6, 1953, in Georgetown to parents Mervyn Linton and Elaine Belfast both deceased. He attended St. Stephen's Primary School and St. Stanislaus College. He moved to the United States in 1979 to attend Tuskegee University taking his wife Elizabeth ( Harrison) and his baby daughter Alison with him. Mark passed away at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika, Alabama on Wed July 5, 2017. He left behind to grieve his two children, Alison Olivia (Byrd ) and Mark Anderson Belfast Jr. and three sisters, Gloria Garraway, Gwenette Garraway, and Audrey Newton (Garraway), his two grandchildren, Clemon Jr. ( Alison ), Aiden ( Mark Jr.) several nieces and nephews.Visitation will be held on Friday, July 14, 2017, at Holloway Memorial Funeral Home, Auburn, Alabama and Memorial Services will be at True Deliverance Holiness Church on Saturday, July 15, 2017, followed by cremation. His ashes will return to Guyana at a later date.

Made perfect thus in little space,God called thee to his long embrace,Before the mists of earth could throw,a shadow on thy robe snow.Guide from thy throne.....

Fr. Clement Barraud.

Significant Dates in the History of St.Stanislaus College

* May 1st,1866- Catholic Grammar School started* November 3rd 1866- School moved to Main Street premises* 1868or 69- School moved to Waterloo Street* 1871- School returned to Cathedral Presbytery* 1871- Boarders introduced* 1878- School temporarily closed* 1880- School re-opened* 1897- School moved to site of St. Mary's School, Brickdam* 1907- School moved to present Brickdam site* 1907- Name changed from'Catholic Grammar School' to " Saint Stanislaus College"* 1928- Weld Wing opened* 1942- College Association formed* 1952- Scannell Wing opened* 1966- College celebrates 100th Anniversary* 1972- Hopkinson Wing opened* 1974- Workshop built* 1975- College Farm opened* 1975- Collge becomes co-educational* 1976- College becomes a Govenment School* 1980- College ceases to be run by the Jesuits* 1991- College celebrates 125th anniversary* October 2004 - Board of Govern0rs appointed